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Re:Amazon is piloting teams with a 30-hour workweek by crazy_ant on Saturday August 27, 2016 @02:59AM (#12371342)
>I'm not being facetious, but this might be a personal problem (not being able to get your mind off of work). For people who experience this, something like meditation might help, seriously. I certainly wouldn't fault an employer.

It's not that most people can't take their mind off of work, it's that they often have to meet various unrealistic deadlines, or else. It's not their own choice, insofar as they want to keep their job.

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Re:Amazon is piloting teams with a 30-hour workweek by ak4g on Saturday August 27, 2016 @06:06AM (#12371753)
That would be their manager's problem. Go home at end-of-business. If they fire people for, um, working during working hours, they'll be going under from the churn in short order anyway. It's not like there's an oversupply of developer capacity - obviously, seeing as how they keep scheduling 60+ hours of work every week!
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